⁵ This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,^(A) a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;^(B) also Philip,^(C) Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

²⁰ Some of them, however, men from Cyprus^(A) and Cyrene,^(B) went to Antioch^(C) and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news^(D) about the Lord Jesus.

²² News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas^(A) to Antioch.

²⁷ During this time some prophets^(A) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.